Mexico City will spend 10.4 million pesos (about 795,000 U.S. dollars) on A/H1N1 flu researches to improve the diagnosis methods and develop a vaccine, the mayor office said Sunday.
According to a press release issued by the office, the grant, via Mexico City's Science and Technology Institute, will be allocated on 11 projects, five of which will be carried out at the National Autonomous University, Mexico's largest based in southern Mexico City.
Meanwhile, the Mexico City funding authorities are also inviting researchers to bid for another grant of 4.7 million pesos (about 359,000 U.S. dollars).